Griddle



GRIDDLE.

APPLICATION man FEB. 7. |920;

Pmmdsept. 20,1921.

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GRIDDLE.

o Spei'fication of Letters Patent.` -Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

`Application 'filed February?, .1920. v. Serial `No. 356,910.

To all 'whom t mag/icloncern.'

Be it known that I, FRANCIS J.

OBRIEN, a citizen 'of the United States, rel siding at Los Angeles, inthe countyi of Los Angeles and State of California. -have invented newand useful Improvements in G-riddles, of which the following is aspeclication. i

My invention relates t0 that class of cooking utensils known asgriddles, and is particularly adapted to be used for the frying of foodproducts which'arecylindrical.in form, and is designed to be animprovement on my invention for the same purpose, an application forpatent for lwhich bearing Serial Number 330,631, was led Oct. 14th 1919,in --the United States Patent Oiice.

In the above mentioned application I h ave shown and described `autensil adapted for the frying of food products of a cylindrical nature,the mechanism being so arranged that the cylindrical food products couldbe shifted from time to time, so that their entire peripheral surface aswell as their end surfaces would be progressively presented to theheated surface of the gridlle to produce,.-

a' finished product having a uniformly cooked surface.

The object ofmy present invention is to provide an improved form ofgriddley adapted to perform all of the above mentionedl functions,having certain new and useful details of construction and arrangement ofparts, whereby it may be more conveniently handled, and the partsreadily disassembled,

in order that they may be more thoroughly and expeditiously cleaned;

Other objects will appear in the following description, will be pointedout in the claims and will be embodied in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved griddle.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken on the line2 2 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a transverse' section of the same, taken on the line 3 3 ofFig. 1.

'Referring more specifically to the accompanying drawings, 5 representsa panpreferably of rectangular formation, composed of cast or sheetiron, and provided with'the side walls 6 and 7, the end walls Sand 9,and the bottom 10, the bottom 10 being adapted to rest upon the heatedsurface of a stove. An outwardly projecting handle 11 is-secured to theend wall 9 and is provided atits upper surface with a suitable guide.

groove 12, in which is adaptedto slide a bar 13 which Isprovided with ahandle 14 at its outer end, and an upstanding pin 15 atits inwardlyprojecting end.

' A rectangular frame 16 having theI side walls 17 and 18l and the endWalls 19 and 20 composed of any suitable material, Ais mounted above thepan 5 and adapted to slide thereon, andin order that it maybeconveniently guided with respect to pan 5, the'sidel walls 17 and 18project downwardly over the side walls 6`and 7 of saidpan, and restsnugly against vsaid walls. The end walls 19 and 20 of frame 16 aresomewhat higher than the walls 17 andv 18 in order that the heat may beprevented from radiating onto the hand of the operator, as well as todirect the same onto the food products to be fried.

The end wall 20 of frame 16 is providedV i i with an outwardly extendingear 22 having a perforation 23 therein adapted to engage over pin 15 onbar 13. By the above recited construction it will be obvious that bymoving the bar 13 by means of handle 14, the frame 16 maybe readilyreciprocated over the top of pan 5.

The sidewalls 17 and 18 of frame 16 are provided with oppositelydisposed slots 25, which are open at the top edges of said -l sides andextend downwardly a suitable distance. Y

The vcylindrical food products 26 are each l adapted to be pierced bysuitable spindles The ends ofV 27 to form an axis therefor. spindles V27project beyond the outer ends of foods products 26, and are 'adapted torest in slots 25, as clearly shown. spindles 27 are pointed at one oftheir ends in order that the food products may be more readily piercedand are provided at their opposite ends with round disk like heads 30,adapted to project into a trough 31 The may not become burned, but maybe held in proper-ly spaced relation with respect to the wallsv and 7and 17 and 18, in order that Vand-thehandle 14 is manipulated graduallyVto roll the food product on the bottom l10 kof pan`5, said food productbeing caused product is first properly placed on spindles Y 27 and theninserted into the slots 25, said maybe evenly cooked. utilizing myutensil the uncooked food slots being sufficiently deep to allow theperipheral surface of said food product to contact'with the bottomV 10,of 'pan 5.' Pan 5 is then placed over a suitable heating unit tovrevolve by frictional contact with the bottom of said pan. By thisarrangement it is obvious that the entire peripheral surface of the foodproduct may be fried uniformly as welluas the contents and endsthereof.A .d

By constructing the griddleV in the mannerV described it isv obviousthat when it is desired-to clean the various parts, the frame 16Vmaybe'readily lifted off vfrom the panl 5 and that bar 13 may be readilyremoved from the groove-in handle 11. Thus it will. beseen that allloflthe members f readily and thoroug'ly clea'nedfk mav be What I claim is:i s lifjA- griddle construction, comprising a stationary member adaptedto rest over `a heating unit, a slidablge member mountedony @saidstationarymember, means for support# ying alcylindrical food product'for rota-tion in said slidable member so that itsfperiph-` eralsurfacewill contact with said station-` d 'arymemben and means forreciprocating said slidable member. v

l 2. v"gr'iddlerv construction, comprising a pair offmernbers adaptedfor respectiveY re'- ciprocation, means for supporting acylin-f ldricalfrfood productl Vfor rotation'in one of#- said members so that itsperipheral surface will contact with the surface of the other member,means*y for' respectively reciprocating said member, andy meansV forpreventing longitudinal movement of said food j noduct'withf -respectitosaidvmembers.

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3. A griddle construction, comprising a stationary member, a slidablemember mounted'on and ,adapted to be guided on saidV stationary memberprovided with op- Y positely disposed slots, an outwardly pro-V jectinghandle secured to Vsaid stationary member provided with a guidewav andVa 'second slidable'inember secured to said first tion lwith respect toeach other, one of said v members being providedA WithV oppositelydis-Vposed slots in its sidewalls and a1 Vtrough arranged adjacent o-ne ofits side walls ODDQ' site the slotsY therein, and aV spindle'providedwith ahead adaptedtoV project vinto said troughl forv supporting acylindricalV food roduct. c Y

l 6.v vdevice for cooking'articles loffifood comprising a-griddle, `andmeans formov-ing the articles of foodbeing cooked Vover-said*-griddle'in contact therewith, said -means ,be-f

ing reciprocatively mounted with respect tofi said griddle and spacedtherefrom.

, memberj Y V7. vIn combination with a heated surface* for cookingarticles of food in-contact thereV` with, andreciprocating means movablewith respect tovsa'id heated ysurface for continu# f7?! ally Vrollingsaid articles ofY foodY duringth'e cooking operation. 1 1 l. *i

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have' fhereuntofsubscribed my!namethis 23rd;

